The false recantations by children who are victims of sexual abuse: the relational and intrapsychic dynamics that emerged from a case study
Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Cecilia Ragaini, Francesco Panzeri
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/2
Language Italian Pages 9 P. 107-115 File size 226 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2012-002006
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The work aims to formulate a number of hypotheses about the factors involved in false retractions by children who have been victims of sexual abuse, through a case’s analysis. In the analysis of the action’s case file some variables emerged consistent with those highlighted in the literature. In fact, the false retraction seems to have been determined by the strong emotional bond with the abusive parent; by the unsupportive bond with the non abusive parent; and by the implementation of pressures on the child in order to retract the initial revelations. Among the hypotheses formulated about the psychodynamic mechanisms that may be involved, the dissociation of traumatic experiences and the construction of a False Self were highlighted.
Keywords: Sexual abuse, children, false recantations, case study.
Cecilia Ragaini, Francesco Panzeri, Le false ritrattazioni da parte dei minori vittime di abuso sessuale: le dinamiche intrapsichiche e relazionali come emergono da uno studio di caso in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 2/2012, pp 107-115, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2012-002006